‘The Onion’ Stands With Israel Because It Seems Like You Get In Less Trouble For That (www.theonion.com)
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Wagner boss Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia (www.bbc.co.uk)
The back-to-office backfire: Companies ending WFH perks lose out on top talent, who view flexible work as equivalent to an 8% raise (www.businessinsider.com)
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Israel's siege of Gaza is illegal, EU says (euobserver.com)
Zelensky dismisses compromise with Putin, pointing to Prigozhin’s death (www.cnn.com)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin – the Russian mercenary leader whose plane crashed weeks after he led a mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership – shows what happens when people make deals with Russian leader Vladimir Putin....
America's richest 10% are responsible for 40% of its planet-heating pollution, new report finds (www.cnn.com)
America’s wealthiest people are also some of the world’s biggest polluters – not only because of their massive homes and private jets, but because of the fossil fuels generated by the companies they invest their money in.
The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)
The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.
New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn (www.independent.co.uk)
‘We can’t confuse Hamas with all Palestinians’: Spain says amid aid review (www.aljazeera.com)
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
UBI Cash Payments Reduced Homelessness, Increased Employment in Denver (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.
Ukraine war: Burger King still open in Russia despite pledge to exit (www.bbc.co.uk)
Workers are on strike at all 3 Detroit auto makers for the first time in their union's history (apnews.com)
Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group (www.theguardian.com)
It uncovered eight WHO panelists involved with assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption who are beverage industry consultants who currently or previously worked with the alleged Coke front group, International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi)....
Gaza death toll tops 5,000, nearly half of them children: Officials (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel has continued bombarding Gaza’s south despite telling 1.1 million people in the north of the besieged enclave to relocate there ahead of an expected ground offensive....
Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’ (www.theguardian.com)
Bolivia becomes first country to sever ties with Israel (news.yahoo.com)
Government attributes decision to war crimes and human rights abuses being committed in Gaza
Whole Foods argues it can ban BLM masks because the Supreme Court let a Christian business owner refuse same-sex couples (fortune.com)
Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market doesn’t want to be forced to let workers wear “Black Lives Matter” masks and is pointing to the recent US Supreme Court ruling permitting a business owner to refuse services to same-sex couples to get federal regulators to back off....
A Cuban teenager was offered a job doing 'construction work' in Russia. Instead he was sent to fight on the front lines in Ukraine. (www.businessinsider.com)
A Cuban teenager unwittingly found himself on the front lines of the war in Ukraine after accepting a job offer he received on WhatsApp to do “construction work” for the Russian military, according to Time magazine....
Palestine-Israel Crisis Megathread (lemmy.ml)
Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict....
Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description (edition.cnn.com)
China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.
Shell Silently Abandoned Its $100 Million-a-Year Plan to Offset CO2 Emissions (www.bloomberg.com)
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Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)
Elon Musk seen as working counter to U.S. interests in dealings with Russia, China (youtu.be)
Elon Musk's financial interests put him in a position of having his own personal foreign policy, but new reporting shows that whether it's manufacturing in China or the Starlink network being used in Ukraine, Musk’s decisions can run counter to stated US policy.
